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Forum: Portugal
May 28th 2026, 12:28 am
Replies: 26
Views: 1,598
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Processionary Caterpillar Traps?

This year I injected each nest with a small squirt of pesticide when they first appeared.
I have a 3mm tube at the end of a 3 meter rod, attached to a backpack agriculture sprayer. I insert the tube...
Forum: Portugal
May 27th 2026, 8:55 am
Replies: 3
Views: 315
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Poor air quality over Portugal

What a scorcher today! 36C.
I had some guys working on my roof, I suggested they wait until tomorrow but they just kept on going.
For a while at least.
I need to go up there myself to do some...
Forum: Portugal
May 23rd 2026, 9:34 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 315
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Poor air quality over Portugal

It's not the weather we paid for!

It seems like it went straight from being cold to being hot, without our usual excellent spring.

Anyway, no doubt the good wind will be back soon and we can...
Forum: Portugal
May 20th 2026, 5:31 am
Replies: 1
Views: 180
Posted By liveaboard

fire season

Elevated fire risk begins now and over the next few days in southern Portugal.
https://www.ipma.pt/pt/riscoincendio/rcm.pt/

I burned my big brush pile a few days ago, just in time!

...
Forum: Portugal
May 11th 2026, 8:37 am
Replies: 12
Views: 789
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Help please with financas portal.

One of the few things I do not do myself.
Forum: Portugal
May 2nd 2026, 8:54 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 606
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Solar power shop

They always say they're giving me a big discount... I've been buying from them for 18 years. But I'm still a private buyer.
The other shop you recomended only sells to business customers.
Forum: Portugal
May 1st 2026, 8:02 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 606
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Solar power shop

Thanks, I'll check it out.
I have bought a lot from Rolear Mais; I was there just the other day in fact. But I've found their prices a bit stiff.

When I needed a big power cable (BIG), a shop in...
Forum: Portugal
May 1st 2026, 7:48 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 967
Posted By liveaboard

Re: supermarket fruit and veg

I also find that Lidl has good veg; I don't want to like the big store that kills the little guys, but that's the reality.
Forum: Portugal
May 1st 2026, 7:45 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 440
Posted By liveaboard

Re: screen doors

That makes sense; in reality, we mainly like to keep the door open for the dog to go in and out.
I added a little piece of wood to the screen door for him to open it with. But this is also why it...
Forum: Portugal
May 1st 2026, 7:20 am
Replies: 4
Views: 440
Posted By liveaboard

Re: screen doors

Did he find decent hardware?

The doors I made are really simple, just hardwood frames with screen, that slap over the doorway.
Forum: Portugal
Apr 30th 2026, 12:28 am
Replies: 8
Views: 606
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Solar power shop

It could go bad years later if the inverters are grey market imports, or counterfeit. It can be really difficult to tell.
For purchases of this nature, a shop has to have a level of trust.
Forum: Portugal
Apr 28th 2026, 6:02 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 606
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Solar power shop

Thanks; that's interesting.
Their prices on the inverters are unbelievable; I mean that literally.
Their battery prices are not so exciting.
There seem to be no verified reviews of the site...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 25th 2026, 9:52 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 606
Posted By liveaboard

Solar power shop

Can anyone recommend an EU shop to buy an inverter and compatible battery?

It's sort of a minefield of poor descriptions, huge variations in price, incompatible parts, and the need for untold...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 25th 2026, 9:47 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,521
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Sold flat in UK, CGT due in Portugal as well as UK?

No NHR, we've been here for 18 years.
We were intending to sell a property in NL, so we asked our tax advisors.
There is no capital gains tax in NL, so I assumed we'd have to pay here in Portugal....
Forum: Portugal
Apr 25th 2026, 6:37 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,521
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Sold flat in UK, CGT due in Portugal as well as UK?

I don't think so; Portugal only levies capital gains tax on Portuguese property.
Countries get to tax property gains at home, even when the owner lives abroad.
I was told.
Forum: Portugal
Apr 22nd 2026, 10:13 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 440
Posted By liveaboard

screen doors

I couldn't find screen doors when I rebuilt the house 18 years ago; maybe things have changed by now, but it seems like screen doors are just not a Portuguese thing.
(They use curtains).
Anyway,...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 18th 2026, 6:44 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 633
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Grandfather clause for buildings

A structure is one thing; a residence is another. It's a morass of troublesome bureaucracy for sure.

I did actually buy a (permitted) house with an unpermitted 70m2 chicken / pig shed on the...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 12th 2026, 2:17 am
Replies: 31
Views: 1,728
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Lagos to Porto. Car or Train?

I think the plane from Portimao to Porto is operating.
If you're brave...
Forum: Portugal
Apr 3rd 2026, 11:20 am
Replies: 15
Views: 911
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Que horas sao?

If you really want the correct time, check it with a GPS receiver.
The whole system is based on ultra-accurate time, which are received from satellites in low earth orbit, which are continuously...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 28th 2026, 6:38 am
Replies: 8
Views: 503
Posted By liveaboard

Re: How to Register on DPD?

Just go to the post office; you can send registered if you want, or special fast service which as far as I can tell, is no faster than the regular service.

I just had a DPD delivery disappear into...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 27th 2026, 9:42 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 503
Posted By liveaboard

Re: How to Register on DPD?

I use CTT.
I've had documents lost with expensive courier services too; so why pay the extra? I think it's all hype.
I've been sending quite a few document packs lately, including passport both...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 25th 2026, 6:39 am
Replies: 10
Views: 803
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Any British Motorcyclists on this site?

I had the same experience; I was told they just do that, because (supposedly) some countries don't require a seperate test, which Portugal wants to happen.
I was told that the only way to get a...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 18th 2026, 12:20 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 376
Posted By liveaboard

Re: IPO test codigo?

Usually if they note it, it must be fixed before next inspection.
For the oil leak, washing the motor (under and around) just before the test should do the trick unless the leak is serious.
Number...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 17th 2026, 10:09 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 833
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Insurance Claim?

You might be out of luck; you could try the infamous "complaint book". I've never done that myself, but people say it sometimes gets results.

I had multiple power surges, including continuous...
Forum: Portugal
Mar 17th 2026, 9:51 am
Replies: 6
Views: 833
Posted By liveaboard

Re: Insurance Claim?

Make a claim with your home insurance.
They'll probably actually pay; E-redes won't, even though it is (literally) their fault.
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